Comments on: Video – Connecting Flex to a SOAP Webservice http://www.jamesward.com/2009/04/20/video-connecting-flex-to-a-soap-webservice/ Rich Internet Applications | Flex | Adobe AIR | Java | Open Source | Linux | Enterprise Software | Cloud Thu, 29 Jul 2010 05:17:39 +0000 hourly 1 By: Erik Ramalho http://www.jamesward.com/2009/04/20/video-connecting-flex-to-a-soap-webservice/comment-page-1/#comment-157355 Erik Ramalho Thu, 14 May 2009 13:32:20 +0000 http://www.jamesward.com/blog/?p=939#comment-157355 Hi David,u Very good your post! But I really need to solve a huge problem in my project. I need to consume an Oracle Webservice. The problems are: 1- The webservice is SOAP 1.2: The wizard is not ready for it. Can I "code" the consume of the WS? 2- The WS has (login and pass) is it possible to call? Thanks and Flex! Hi David,u

Very good your post! But I really need to solve a huge problem in my project. I need to consume an Oracle Webservice. The problems are:
1- The webservice is SOAP 1.2: The wizard is not ready for it. Can I “code” the consume of the WS?
2- The WS has (login and pass) is it possible to call?

Thanks and Flex!

]]> By: James Ward http://www.jamesward.com/2009/04/20/video-connecting-flex-to-a-soap-webservice/comment-page-1/#comment-157164 James Ward Fri, 24 Apr 2009 14:22:14 +0000 http://www.jamesward.com/blog/?p=939#comment-157164 Hi Nacho, SOAP and XML should really never be used when you control both sides of the app. Use AMF instead via BlazeDS, LCDS, or one of the many other options out there. You can see a performance comparison of the various options at: http://www.jamesward.com/census AMF avoids unnecessary serialization / deserialization and from what you explained there really doesn't seem to be any reason not to use it. It will make your life a lot easier. -James Hi Nacho,

SOAP and XML should really never be used when you control both sides of the app. Use AMF instead via BlazeDS, LCDS, or one of the many other options out there. You can see a performance comparison of the various options at:
http://www.jamesward.com/census

AMF avoids unnecessary serialization / deserialization and from what you explained there really doesn’t seem to be any reason not to use it. It will make your life a lot easier.

-James

]]> By: nacho http://www.jamesward.com/2009/04/20/video-connecting-flex-to-a-soap-webservice/comment-page-1/#comment-157155 nacho Thu, 23 Apr 2009 09:39:02 +0000 http://www.jamesward.com/blog/?p=939#comment-157155 Hello James. I post this comment with the hope of a good advice. We have a middle-sized application with a Flex Client and a J2EE App Server (over 70.000 lines of J2EE+Flex) . We use Axis (SOAP) Web Services. Both in the server side (WSDL2Java) and the client side (Flex Builder 3.0) we generate code using the WSDL. The problem arises when the server sends a 300Kb message to the client. Flex spends 10 seconds in deserializing this message. This is an unaceptable delay and a "rude awakenig". The best choice should be use remote objetcs but we prefer in this moment not to migrate. Out best choice is to slightly modify certain SOAP messages in the WSDL to simplify the deserialization. I need a good advice. Thaks Hello James. I post this comment with the hope of a good advice.

We have a middle-sized application with a Flex Client and a J2EE App Server (over 70.000 lines of J2EE+Flex) . We use Axis (SOAP) Web Services. Both in the server side (WSDL2Java) and the client side (Flex Builder 3.0) we generate code using the WSDL. The problem arises when the server sends a 300Kb message to the client. Flex spends 10 seconds in deserializing this message. This is an unaceptable delay and a “rude awakenig”. The best choice should be use remote objetcs but we prefer in this moment not to migrate. Out best choice is to slightly modify certain SOAP messages in the WSDL to simplify the deserialization.

I need a good advice.

Thaks

]]> By: James Ward http://www.jamesward.com/2009/04/20/video-connecting-flex-to-a-soap-webservice/comment-page-1/#comment-157153 James Ward Wed, 22 Apr 2009 16:34:37 +0000 http://www.jamesward.com/blog/?p=939#comment-157153 Hi Vivian, What you described should work. Are you getting error messages? Also you might want to check out my BlazeDS Intro article: http://www.infoq.com/articles/blazeds-intro I hope that helps. -James Hi Vivian,

What you described should work. Are you getting error messages? Also you might want to check out my BlazeDS Intro article:
http://www.infoq.com/articles/blazeds-intro

I hope that helps.

-James

]]> By: Vivian http://www.jamesward.com/2009/04/20/video-connecting-flex-to-a-soap-webservice/comment-page-1/#comment-157151 Vivian Wed, 22 Apr 2009 16:24:52 +0000 http://www.jamesward.com/blog/?p=939#comment-157151 By the way James - "unshaved" you really look like a cow buy - Clint Eastwood. To To To To To ... Tay Tay Tay... (the tune from Clint Eastwood's movies). :-)))) By the way James – “unshaved” you really look like
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]]> By: Vivian http://www.jamesward.com/2009/04/20/video-connecting-flex-to-a-soap-webservice/comment-page-1/#comment-157150 Vivian Wed, 22 Apr 2009 16:20:08 +0000 http://www.jamesward.com/blog/?p=939#comment-157150 Hi James, a little different problem. I already have a J2EE app running in my server. Now I want to create a flex app that will monitor the changes in that J2EE app. I do understand that I need to write some server side Java code that will call the J2EE API and gather the needed data and then pass that data to the Flex application using Blazeds. Now my question is how do I integrate Blazeds with an existing J2EE app? Itried to copy the BDS's web-inf/lib files to the J2EE's lib directory and then copy the web-inf/flex folder, which contains mainly those xml file and also merged the web.xml of blazeds and web.xml of the J2EE app. But without any success. Can you please suggest me an solution? Regards.... Hi James,
a little different problem. I already have a J2EE app running
in my server. Now I want to create a flex app that will monitor
the changes in that J2EE app. I do understand that I need to
write some server side Java code that will call the J2EE API
and gather the needed data and then pass that data to the
Flex application using Blazeds. Now my question is how do
I integrate Blazeds with an existing J2EE app? Itried to copy
the BDS’s web-inf/lib files to the J2EE’s lib directory and then copy
the web-inf/flex folder, which contains mainly those xml file
and also merged the web.xml of blazeds and web.xml of the
J2EE app. But without any success. Can you please suggest
me an solution? Regards….

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]]> By: Hamidreza http://www.jamesward.com/2009/04/20/video-connecting-flex-to-a-soap-webservice/comment-page-1/#comment-157140 Hamidreza Mon, 20 Apr 2009 21:44:43 +0000 http://www.jamesward.com/blog/?p=939#comment-157140 so I have to use BlazeDS or LCDS behind my SOAP solution anyway thanks for your help Best so I have to use BlazeDS or LCDS behind my SOAP solution
anyway thanks for your help

Best

]]> By: James Ward http://www.jamesward.com/2009/04/20/video-connecting-flex-to-a-soap-webservice/comment-page-1/#comment-157139 James Ward Mon, 20 Apr 2009 21:37:02 +0000 http://www.jamesward.com/blog/?p=939#comment-157139 Hi Hamidreza, If you want to use AMF then you have to have an AMF serializer on the server-side. BlazeDS and LCDS are two of the many ways to do this. -James Hi Hamidreza,

If you want to use AMF then you have to have an AMF serializer on the server-side. BlazeDS and LCDS are two of the many ways to do this.

-James

]]> By: Hamidreza http://www.jamesward.com/2009/04/20/video-connecting-flex-to-a-soap-webservice/comment-page-1/#comment-157138 Hamidreza Mon, 20 Apr 2009 21:29:45 +0000 http://www.jamesward.com/blog/?p=939#comment-157138 Hi James thanks for your great presentation but what's happened if I want to use Service oriented architecture of j2ee without LiveCycle data services or Blaze DS and use benefits of AMF channel? can you give me an explanation How this is possible? Hi James
thanks for your great presentation but what’s happened if I want to use Service oriented architecture of j2ee without LiveCycle data services or Blaze DS and use benefits of AMF channel?
can you give me an explanation How this is possible?

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